cargo
Freight carried by a ship, aircraft, or motor vehicleFreight carried by a ship, aircraft, or motor vehicle.
» It's a cargo ship.
Das ist ein Frachtschiff.
Das ist ein Frachter.
Это грузовое судно.
Це вантажне судно.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)Freight carried by a ship, aircraft, or motor vehicle.
The plane was overloaded with cargo. It was a cargo of live animals.
Fracht, Ladung, Cargo
грузgruz, това́рtovár, ка́ргоkárgo
ванта́жvantáž
goods carried by a large vehicle
(Papua New Guinea, countable, uncountable)Western material goods.
Examples
37 sentencesIt's a cargo ship.
Це вантажне судно. — Anjy
ruЭто грузовое судно. — Wezel
deDas ist ein Frachtschiff. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
This is a cargo ship, not a passenger ship.
ruЭто грузовое судно, а не пассажирское. — Wezel
deDas hier ist ein Frachter, kein Passagierschiff. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
A cargo vessel, bound for Athens, sank in the Mediterranean without a trace.
The police suspected the truck's cargo.
The cargo was stopped at customs.
ruГруз задержали на таможне. — nina99nv
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Spanish cargo (“load, burden”), from cargar (“to load”), from Late Latin carBorrowed from Spanish cargo (“load, burden”), from cargar (“to load”), from Late Latin carricō. Doublet of charge and carga. Displaced native Old English fearm.
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Forms
plural: cargos / cargoesSynonyms
7 synonymsWord family
27 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable